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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — App-based ride hailing and delivery companies like Uber and Lyft can continue to treat their California drivers as independent contractors, a state appeals court ruled Monday, allowing the tech giants to bypass other state laws requiring worker protections and benefits. The ruling mostly upholds a voter-approved law, called Proposition 22, that said

By Hartley Charlton, MacRumors Apple’s AirPods could gain more prominent hearing health features in the next year or two, according to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman In the latest edition of his “Power On” newsletter, Gurman said that he believes Apple will “upgrade the AirPods to become a health tool in the next year or two,” adding “the ability

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — A judge has rejected a request from Google to transfer a federal antitrust lawsuit against it from Virginia to New York. The ruling Friday from U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema in Alexandria, Virginia, is a victory for the Justice Department and several states, including Virginia, that sued Google earlier this year

By Mitchel Broussard, MacRumors Pre-orders for the new iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus in Yellow have opened up today, and that means you can now get a few early deals on the smartphone from various cellular carriers. Today we’re sharing discounts and offers on the yellow iPhone 14 from Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile. Shoppers should

By Clare Duffy, CNN Facebook-parent Meta is exploring building a new, standalone platform for sharing text updates, the company confirmed to CNN on Friday, in what could mark the most high-profile new contender to take on Twitter as it falters under Elon Musk. “We believe there’s an opportunity for a separate space where creators and public

Editor’s note: Cary-based Epic Games is rolling out self-publishing. Here are the details as announced in a blog post posted Thursday. +++ CARY – Today we’re launching self-publishing on the Epic Games Store. These tools enable developers and publishers to efficiently release games, maintain their store presence directly, and reach a growing audience of over

By Hartley Charlton, MacRumors Apple  on Thursday unveiled Apple Music Classical on the App Store. Here are some things you need to know about the new app: ‌Apple Music‌ Classical is based on Primephonic, a classical music streaming service that Apple acquired in 2021. The new app leverages Primephonic’s playlists and audio content, search capabilities, metadata, and more. ‌Apple Music‌

BEIJING — China’s government on Thursday criticized the Netherlands for joining Washington in blocking Chinese access to technology to manufacture advanced processor chips on security and human rights grounds. A Dutch minister told lawmakers Wednesday that exports of equipment that uses ultraviolet light to etch circuits on chips would be restricted on security grounds. ASML

WASHINGTON — The Federal Trade Commission is investigating Elon Musk’s mass layoffs at Twitter and trying to obtain his internal communications as part of ongoing oversight into the social media company’s privacy and cybersecurity practices, according to documents described in a congressional report. The FTC has been watching the company for years since Twitter agreed

By Juli Clover, MacRumors Google today announced that its Google VPN [virtual private network] feature is expanding to all Google One storage plan subscribers, instead of being limited to those who subscribe to the Premium 2TB Google One plan. VPN by Google One is designed to mask a user’s IP address, preventing sites and apps